Karim Dembélé was a Malian soldier and politician who participated in the 1968 Malian coup d'état.
Karim Dembélé | |
|---|---|
| Chief of Staff of the CMNL | |
| In office 1969–1978 | |
| Minister of Transport | |
| In office Unknown–1978 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1939 Koutiala, French Sudan |
| Died | September 15, 2010 |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Lieutenant-colonel |
| Battles/wars | 1968 Malian coup d'état |
Biography
editDembélé was born in Koutiala, French Sudan in 1939.[1] He studied in military school in Kati between 1962 and 1964, where he became a parachute officer. Dembele was only appointed a member of the Malian junta, CMNL, after the 1968 Malian coup d'état.[2] Dembele served as chief of staff in the government of Yoro Diakité from 1969 until his arrest.[1] Dembele was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1976.[2]
In February 1978, Dembele was imprisoned alongside Tiécoro Bagayoko and Kissima Doukara, the three of them accused of plotting a coup against Moussa Traoré. He was sentenced in October 1978 to twenty years of forced labor in Taoudenni, shortened to ten years in 1979.[3] At the time of his arrest, Dembele was the minister of transport.[4] He spent the full ten years imprisoned, being released in 1988 and regaining his rights after the fall of the Traore regime.[1] After his release, he wrote a memoir called Transferts Defenitifs.[5]
Dembele died in the United States on September 15, 2010.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Armée et gestion des affaires publiques du Mali (1968 – 2017) : 2 Présidents, 3 Chefs du Gouvernement, 35 ministres et 3 assimilés". Bamada. January 12, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ a b Imperato, Pascal James; Imperato, Gavin H. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Mali, 4th Edition. p. 77. ISBN 9780810856035.
- ^ Aujourd'hui-Mali (2021-02-27). "Un jour une histoire : 28 février 1978 – 28 février 2021, il y a 43 ans : La "Bande des trois" sous l'éteignoir | maliweb.net" (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ "Mali Foreign Minister Held on Treason Charge". New York Times. March 10, 1978. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ Sow, Alioune (2010-03-30). "Nervous Confessions". Cahiers d’études africaines. 50 (197): 069–093. doi:10.4000/etudesafricaines.15793. ISSN 0008-0055.